I find ALL banner ads distracting due to animations. They suck at the top, too. I guess if donating didn't do it I may consider bailing. The ads are incredibly annoying and distracting no matter where they are.
While I genuinely appreciate you donating, I think you grossly underestimate the cost of running the site.
Your donation, while generous, still amounts to substantially less than 1% of the hosting, cloudflare virus protection, and software maintenance.
With those efforts, all from Wayne by the way, this forum is faster, cleaner, and more secure than any other. That costs money. Far more money than folks who post here realize. Donating helps. But the sum total of donations didn't come close to the cut in revenue when our principal sponsor cut back.
Wayne might be able to give us percentages, or he might chose not to for privacy reasons, but the cost of running this site far outstrips the revenue from all the donations, and all the sponsors.
Ad revenue was required to make up the shortfall.
Wayne has done a remarkable job in keeping this site enjoyable, fast and secure.
I think a thank you to Wayne is in order.